To the polls: The decisions we make today will shape our lives for years to come

The nation will be picking a president, and a path for the future. And Californians will be literally making a decision between life (without the possibility of parole) and death (row). Through this long election season, we have been scrutinizing the measures and the candidates to come up with endorsements. Here they are:

President: Mitt Romney

U.S. Senate: Dianne Feinstein

U.S. Congress

33th District: Henry Waxman

40th District: Lucille Roybal-Allard

43th District: Maxine Waters

44th District: Janice Hahn

47th District: Gary DeLong

California Senate

35th District: Rod Wright

California Assembly

58th District: Patricia Kotze-Ramos

62nd District: Steve Bradford

63rd District: Anthony Rendon

66th District: Al Muratsuchi

70th District: Bonnie Lowenthal

Los Angeles County

District attorney: Alan Jackson

Statewide initiatives

Proposition 30: Governor's temporary tax hike -- YES

Proposition 31: Balanced budget package -- YES

Proposition 32: Curbs union power in Sacramento -- YES

Proposition 33: Changes law to benefit insurance companies -- NO

Proposition 34: Death penalty repeal -- YES

Proposition 35: Stronger punishment for human trafficking -- YES

Proposition 36: Changes to Three Strikes Law -- YES

Proposition 37: Genetically modified food labeling -- NO

Proposition 38: Molly Munger's education tax -- NO

Proposition 39: Changes taxes for multistate businesses -- NO

Proposition 40: Keeps independently drawn political maps -- YES

Los Angeles County measures

Measure A: Making county assessor an appointed position -- YES

Measure B: Requiring condoms in porn movies -- NO

Measure J: Extension of Measure R sales tax -- YES

Long Beach City Measures

Measure N: Living wage for hotel workers -- NO

Measure O: Change city election day -- YES

Local city measures

Measure P: Increase the city of Bellflower's utility users' tax by 2 percent for five years -- NO